QuoteReplyTopic: Outbreak among Ducks in Bulgaria Posted: May 27 2018 at 3:29pm

[The strain is unknown as yet.]

May 27, 2018 / 6:17 PM / Updated 5 hours ago

Bulgaria reports bird flu outbreak at duck farm

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria’s food safety agency authorities reported
on Sunday an outbreak of the bird flu virus on a duck farm in the
northeastern village of Stefanovo and said birds on the farm were being
culled.

It is the second outbreak of bird flu at the facility since October, when more than 10,000 ducks were culled.

It
was unclear which strain of bird flu it was. Bulgaria has reported a
handful of outbreaks of bird flu since December, some of them involving
the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus.

At the farm in
Stefanovo, a three-kilometer protection zone had been set around the
farm and the movement of domestic, wild and other birds and has been
banned within it, as has the sale of eggs and poultry, the food safety
agency said on its website.

Bulgaria reports another outbreak of virulent bird flu

SOFIA (Reuters) - An outbreak of a virulent bird flu virus has spread
to another farm in northeastern Bulgaria, the national food safety
agency said on Wednesday.

A three-kilometer protection zone was
set around the farm in the village of Donchevo and the sale of eggs and
the movement of domestic, wild and other birds was banned within it, the
agency said in a statement.

“All contaminated and contact birds in two of the farm halls will be culled in a humane manner,” it said.

Two weeks ago the agency authorities reported an outbreak of the
virus on a duck farm in the village of Stefanovo and said birds on the
farm were being culled.

Bulgaria has reported a handful of outbreaks in the past year, some involving the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus.

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